Chambless was convicted of disorderly conduct in Bald Knob District Court in August. He was arrested earlier that month after openly carrying a firearm in a Bald Knob restaurant and other businesses.

After he was arrested, Chambless cited Act 746 and said it made open carry legal in The Natural State.

Because Attorney General Leslie Rutledge hadn’t issued an official opinion on the matter of open carry at the time, multiple Arkansas law enforcement agencies had issued their own decision on whether they’d arrest someone simply for openly carrying a firearm.

Before August ended, Rutledge issued an official opinion stating that open carry is legal in The Natural State as long as the gun carrier doesn’t attempt to unlawfully use their firearm.

On Tuesday, the case against Chambless was dropped, according to Bald Knob City Attorney Don Raney.

“I did nothing wrong and today the city of Bald Knob finally conceded to that fact,” Chambless said.

After the conviction, the Bald Knob police chief claimed that his vehicle was vandalized and then torched by open carry advocates, which we noted at the time would be very out of character for open carry supporters, who have consistently favored civil disobedience but have been very resistant to criminal behavior.

Bob Owens is the Editor of BearingArms.com.
Bob is a graduate of roughly 400 hours of professional firearms training classes, including square range and force-on force work with handguns and carbines. He is a past volunteer instructor with Project Appleseed. He most recently received his Vehicle Close Quarters Combat Instructor certification from Centrifuge Training, and is the author of the short e-book, So You Want to Own a Gun.
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